Discussion of the Kurdish question in the 1970s Turkish left: textual analysis of the 1970s left periodicals
Author(s)
Advisor
Çınar, Meral UğurDate
2021-09Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
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Abstract
This thesis aims to investigate the origins of identity politics by focusing on
its lasting relationship between ideological politics. Concerning the literature
of the left theories on the question of identity and the political context of the
1970s Turkey, which is identified by the factionalization of the ideological
politics and the proliferation of the ethnic-identity based organizations, this
study asks the following question: “How was the Kurdish question discussed
among the 1970s Turkish Left?” To answer this question, the study conducted
thematic analysis of the written texts that were generated through three
periodicals of the 1970s left, namely İlke, Ürün and Yürüyüş. The analysis
shows that the approach of the Turkish left to the Kurdish question affected
the disengagement of the Kurdish-identity based organizations from the
socialist left in Turkey.